Translator: Larbre Studio
Editor: Larbre Studio
After separating into groups, Yu Yi and Huahua, who were the strongest in battle, headed together to look for the suspect and have a “discussion” with him. Meanwhile, the other three reached the school; not for the chemistry labs, but for the only library in the town. All of them had chosen to exploit the library. If they found the Book of Deathly Souls, they would’ve struck the jackpot.
After making a deal to meet at the bar at night, they went their separate ways.
After following Huahua for half an hour, they arrived at their destination.
They walked forward and knocked on the door. Although they heard some shuffling noises from within, there was no response.
“Hello, Sir. We’re here to learn more about the situation.”
Now, even the shuffling noise was gone.
“Looks like the people inside don’t want to talk to us.”
He shrugged at Huahua.
“Aren’t you a cop? Just say you’re here to give warmth to the community!”
Huahua glared at Yu Yi.
“If I’m here to give warmth, what do we do if there’re too many people inside?”
Everyone knew what “giving warmth” meant. If Huahua decided to enter forcibly, a battle may ensue.
“Too many people?” Huahua looked at Yu Yi and took out an AK47. She clicked the magazine in and bolted the gun. “We’ll just kill them all.”
“….”
What the heck? Where did the assault rifle come from? Although he shouldn’t be surprised since she had explosives in the first place, he still was! How could she bring guns like AK47s into the instance mission? How lax was the KP this round!!!
Like the previous time, Yu Yi had to argue with the KP for even a map. Although he didn’t know which player was acting as the KP in this instance mission, Yu Yi was quite sure that it was a casual person. Now, Yu Yi was quite worried that the Shock X in Lizi’s hands was actually an RPG.
Taking a deep breath, Yu Yi calmed himself. Pulling out his M1911 pistol, he loaded it and kicked in the door.
“Open the door! FBI warning!”
The fairly light wooden door opened immediately under Yu Yi’s kick as both of them busted into the room. However, they didn’t expect the room to be empty. The shuffling noise they heard earlier was in fact coming from a weak blck cat. The cat looked starved and dehydrated.
“Inspection.” Huahua walked forward to pour some water for the cat, as well as to feed it some biscuits she had with her. Yu Yi played an Inspection in the room.
[. rd=80, Slightly Successful]
In Yu Yi’s eyes, the room became oddly clear. The thick layer of dust showed that the owner had been out for quite a few days. However, that was all the information he got. Due to the rules of the game, since the total points rolled was the same as Yu Yi’s total points, his inspection could only be counted as slightly successful. Meanwhile, 81 points would mean that he had failed. A point total of 79 would count as a success.
“There’s still lots of time. Let’s search the house.”
He glanced at the time. There was still a long time before they had to reconvene.
“What if that guy brings reinforcements back and accuses us of breaking into his house?”
Yeah, in these situations, shitty KPs were likely to play hidden dice rolls and scare players to death.
“Hmph, I have this.” Yu Yi lifted his hand. In his palms was an empty search warrant.
“Damn! Where did you get that?”
“I prepared this for the previous instance mission. However, since I had no chance to use it then, I’ve kept it for this mission.” Yu Yi toyed with the stamped search warrant with an empty name. If the suspect returned, he would quickly write his name in the warrant. Although he didn’t know the suspect’s name exactly, his surname was written at the door. Since he was a policeman anyway, he had a good chance of lying his way through the situation.
However, after a lengthy search, they yielded no results and met with no danger. Eventually, with their hands empty, they had to leave the house. Yu Yi believed that it was because of an error in their investigation. Perhaps he’ll bring his entire team to conduct an investigation here. Maybe, they’ll get better results.
After they returned to the bar, all three of their teammates were waiting, chatting with one another. They quickly invited Yu Yi and Huahua into the room. It was good that it was a modern setting. In olden times, they would definitely raise suspicion.
“So, how are the results?”
Juzi looked at Yu Yi impatiently. It was obvious that he had attained something important. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be looking so smug.
“Ah, the suspect wasn’t there. We flipped the house upside down, but we didn’t manage to find anything. However, I think there’s definitely something there. Let’s go look again some time.”
Yu Yi shrugged, showing that they came back empty-handed without any useful information.
“Alright, then let’s exchange information. First me.” Juzi began to explain what he had found.
“I went to search up the history of the town. It’s slightly odd. In the few years we were gone, foreign missionaries gradually replaced the local churches. Even the priest became a little odd. However, with the help of local mafias, the foreign missionaries gradually began to disappear without a trace. Only the church remained, which became the gathering place for the mafias. All foreign missionary churches were damaged and never repaired.” Juzi took a deep breath. “I think this might be a third party game, meaning we accidentally entered as a third party and are now entangled in the rivalry between local missionaries.”
“My turn. I’ve read through the old newspapers and got this.” Fengye raised a newspaper with the image of a star imprinted on it.
Everyone who played COC games before knew what it was. An old seal. Apart from that, there was an article in the newspaper.
[Serial Killing Case Closed; Killer is Church Insider! The serial killer was hidden in a foreign missionary, killing multiple townspeople consecutively. Eventually, he was arrested, and the foreign missionaries were banished forever. It is confirmed that everyone in the missionary worshipped a strange deity, as though they were in a cult. Attached image (Pentalight Star).]
It seemed like everyone had gained results. From all of these fragments of information, one could probably form a simple and practical background information.
“So, Lizi, did you get anything specific?”
Everyone looked at the radical cult believer, who was probably here just to mess with everyone.
“My interpretation failed and I wasted six entire hours. However, I managed to get this. Daocao, I recall that you know Latin? Would you like to try?”
Lizi took out a tattered and ancient book, but it was clear that it was a classic.
“I know some Latin, but…” he took the book from her and looked at the name of the book–The King in Yellow.
What?! Did she want his sanity value to drop? Why would she steal a copy of The King in Yellow from the library? She was indeed a radical cult believer!
“Since we’ve got it here, then let’s just take a read. KP, I know Latin, don’t I?” Looking at the book filled with Latin, Yu Yi raised his hands and called for the KP.
[You don’t.]
“No, I think I should be able to read Latin.” Although Yu Yi knew his chances were slim, he still wanted to try.
[No, you don’t know Latin.]
“Ego te latine.”
[Even if you ask me in Latin, I still won’t decree that you know Latin.]
Obviously, this KP was pretty stubborn. Damn it! Others were allowed to bring in explosives and assault rifles, so why couldn’t he have his chance here?
“Fine. I didn’t pick Latin when I made my character card, so I only have 1 point. I can’t read this book.”
Looking up towards his teammates, Yu Yi realised that all eyes were on him.
“Daocao, you know how to speak Latin? Why would anyone learn that?”
Juzi realised all of a sudden that his impression of his friend had changed. Was this because they had played together “face to face”?
“Hmph, what’s there to be surprised about? Not only do I know Latin, I know Latin dance too.”
Yu Yi shrugged it off.
“What? You’re so talented! How can that be? Where did you learn Latin dance?”
Fengye was taken aback too. Although he knew Yu Yi in real life, he was even more surprised as they were friends in real life.
“I learnt Latin dance at the Dark ♂ Nightclub on B-Site.”
“…”